真刀真枪 — Chinese idiom
真刀真枪
zhēn dāo zhēn qiāng
Traditional: 真刀真槍
Meaning
- (lit.) real swords and spears
- (fig.) very much for real; genuine
Character by character
- 真zhēnreal, actual, true, genuine
- 刀dāoknife; old coin; measure
- 真zhēnreal, actual, true, genuine
- 枪qiānggun, rife; lance, spear
Idioms sharing a character
- 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
- 千真万确 qiān zhēn wàn què
- 半真半假 bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
- 天真烂漫 tiān zhēn làn màn
- 弄假成真 nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
- 情真意切 qíng zhēn yì qiè
- 真伪莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn
- 真心实意 zhēn xīn shí yì
- 真情实意 zhēn qíng shí yì
- 真凭实据 zhēn píng shí jù
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